mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Information technology infusion model for health sector in a developing country : Nigeria as a case

Idowu, Bayo and Adagunodo, Rotimi and Adedoyin, Rufus | 2006
  • Author(s): Idowu, Bayo and Adagunodo, Rotimi and Adedoyin, Rufus
  • Publisher: IOS press
  • Pages: 69--77
  • Keywords: information technology, communication technology, health services, nigeria
The study aimed to know the degree and extent of incorporation of information technology in the Nigerian health sector and derive an IT infusion model for popular IT indicators, including mobile phones. Data was collected to investigate the impact on the health care delivery in teaching hospitals.

Health informatics deployment in Nigeria

Idowu, Peter and Cornford, Dan and Bastin, Lucy | 2008
  • Author(s): Idowu, Peter and Cornford, Dan and Bastin, Lucy
  • Publisher: Aston university. Department of computer science
  • Pages: 15--23
  • Keywords: information technology, communication technology, health services, united kingdom, nigeria
The authors review the past and present state of health informatics (internet, computing, telephony) in Nigeria, in comparison to the UK. They analyze the problems facing successful implementation of health informatics in Nigeria and suggest possible solutions.

Technology matters! : sustaining eHealth in developing countries : analyses of mHealth innovations

Iluyemi, A. and Briggs, J.S. | ca. 2008]
  • Author(s): Iluyemi, A. and Briggs, J.S.
  • Publisher: Institution of engineering and technology (IET)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, health personnel, communication technology, information technology
Focus on eHealth implementations in developing countries has been on ‘soft’ social aspects, often leaving technology aspects aside. Case study analyses of mHealth projects aim to fill this gap, looking at how that mobile tech innovations enable health workers’ access to medical information.

Introduction to the special section on m-health : beyond seamless mobility and global wireless health-care connectivity

Istepanian, Robert S.H. and Jovanov, Emil and Zhang, Y.T. | 2004
  • Author(s): Istepanian, Robert S.H. and Jovanov, Emil and Zhang, Y.T.
  • Publisher: Institute of electrical and electronics engineers] (IEEE)
  • Pages: 405--414
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, internet, information technology
This editorial paper presents a snapshot of recent developments and new applications in mobile heathcare delivery systems and addresses some of the challenges and future implementation issues from the mHealth perspective.

M-health : emerging mobile health systems

Istepanian, Robert S.H. and Laxminarayan, Swamy and Pattichis, Constantinos S. | cop. 2006
  • Author(s): Istepanian, Robert S.H. and Laxminarayan, Swamy and Pattichis, Constantinos S.
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, internet, information technology
In this book a number of authors discuss two sorts of mHealth systems: (i) current 2.5G and 3G mHealth systems; and (ii) beyond 3G and emerging mHealth systems in health care delivery in the future.
 

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